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Gold Vs Silver – What’s The Better Option

Gold Vs Silver – What’s The Better Option

Image Source: Unsplash As the US (and foreign) deficits and debt loads continue to surge to levels that were once unimaginable, the recognition of the value of precious metals as an asset class is increasing at an accelerating rate.Although when people finally accept the argument that gold and silver are important assets to be considering, especially […]
Realty Income: America’s Best REIT On Sale For High-Yield And High Return

Realty Income: America’s Best REIT On Sale For High-Yield And High Return

Image Source: Unsplash Realty Income (O) In this video, Chuck Carnevale, Co-Founder of FAST Graphs, a.k.a. Mr. Valuation will discuss the current investment opportunity in Realty Income (O), a popular real estate investment trust (REIT). He will explain the importance of buying low and selling high in investing and highlight why now is a great time […]
A Reminder: Other Stocks Matter

A Reminder: Other Stocks Matter

It’s all too easy to focus on a limited set of outperforming stocks and lose sight of a whole raft of other key names. Sure, the “Magnificent Seven” stocks dominate market capitalization-weighted indices along with traders’ mindshare, but the economy and markets are more like a jigsaw puzzle, with a wide range of pieces that […]
Communications And Tech Are Leading Equity Sectors In 2023

Communications And Tech Are Leading Equity Sectors In 2023

The US stock market continues to post a moderate gain year to date, in large part due to strong sector performances in the communications services and technology sectors. Both slices of the market are still enjoying red-hot gains in 2023 through yesterday’s close (Oct. 30), based on a set of ETFs.Communication Services Select Sector SPDR […]
U.S. Recession Probability Continues Receding On All Hallow’s Eve

U.S. Recession Probability Continues Receding On All Hallow’s Eve

The probability the U.S. economy will experience an official period of recession continued to recede during the past six weeks.The probability peaked at 80.8% on 25 July 2023, just before the U.S. Federal Reserve announced it would hike the Federal Funds Rate by another quarter point, bringing its target range up to 5.25-5.50%. The Fed has since held […]
Eurozone Economy Sees A Small Contraction As Inflation Plunges

Eurozone Economy Sees A Small Contraction As Inflation Plunges

A drop in eurozone GDP keeps a small technical recession in the second half of 2023 a realistic prospect. With inflation falling faster than expected, the debate within the European Central Bank’s governing council is set to turn more dovish, but don’t expect rate cuts anytime soon.Image Source: Pixabay GDP decline is not meaningful, broad stagnation continues […]
Five Hot Earnings Charts

Five Hot Earnings Charts

It’s another busy week in earnings season, with over 1100 companies expected to report, including many in the S&P 500. This is another key week on Wall Street. We’ll hear a lot about guidance for Q4 and beyond.So far, this earnings season has been solid. We’re not hearing doom and gloom from the companies, even […]
New Chip Restrictions Can Force Nvidia To Cancel $5B In Orders

New Chip Restrictions Can Force Nvidia To Cancel $5B In Orders

Image Source: Pixabay Nvidia (Nasdaq: NVDA) fell 3.3% at the opening bell on Tuesday after a report revealed that the company may be forced to cancel $5 billion worth of AI chip orders designated for China. The move comes from newly imposed export restrictions on high-end AI chips to several countries of concern, particularly China.  Alibaba, Baidu, TikTok Owner Among […]
CAT Earnings, Public Storage On Sale, Cameco, Fed Meeting

CAT Earnings, Public Storage On Sale, Cameco, Fed Meeting

Heavy machinery maker Caterpillar (CAT) reported 3Q23 earnings Tuesday morning and the stock is breaking down below its 200 DMA at the open. While sales of $16.8 billion beat estimates and increased by 12% compared to a year ago, investors may have been expecting more. Like Federal Express, CAT is thought by many investors to […]
Net Short No More

Net Short No More

In last night’s Closer, we discussed the latest positioning data from the weekly Commitments of Traders report published by the CFTC. Released last Friday with data as of the prior Tuesday, the report would have captured October options expiration, and likely thanks to this, there were a number of significant changes to positioning across assets. As […]